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Agreed, most don't realize that private routing is a thing and you can run a node on your phone using Neutrino to have private payment channels

AuthenticityBTC

Most of the struggle comes from lack of understanding that is NOT required to run a public routing node in order to be able to use LN.

Many new users have the wrong idea that they must run a public node in order to transact over LN. And that's why many public nodes are trashy and clog the network.

lightning

Short Q&A with AuthenticityBTC and u/Sea_Risk_1293 re: Lightning Node Operations

Most of the struggle comes from lack of understanding that is NOT required to run a public routing node in order to be able to use LN.
Many new users have the wrong idea that they must run a public node in order to transact over LN. And that's why many public nodes are trashy and clog the network.